So today we’ll be taking a look at how Roman Reigns got involved in cancelling plans for
Lana, Lana getting punished, and other related topics
Let’s start things off with everything related to this Lana situation
So everyone mostly knows about Lana’s situation because all of this only happened a few months
ago
There was this strange method and plans they had for Lana to have this big babyface run
after being thrown through a table for 9 straight weeks
Reports still don’t have a straight answer on what was going on with the Nia Jax table
situation, but a lot of people believe that someone in the back probably found it amusing
and funny, so that’s why it went on for as long as it did
But Lana was in fact scheduled to have two big moments towards the end of the year but
obviously both of those plans were cancelled and changed
Starting with the Survivor Series women’s match
So how did that play out?
Well Nia Jax didn’t allow Lana to tag into the match, so Lana spent the entire match
on the staircase and on the ring apron
But towards the end of the match, the two legal competitors ended up both getting counted
out
Lana, who was still on the ring apron, ended up being the sole survivor and winner of the
match without doing a single thing
So Lana did still end up being the sole survivor in a survivor series traditional match, you
can’t take that away from her, but fans and even Lana herself expected more
Apparently there were completely separate plans for this match and Lana’s usage that
ended up getting scrapped at the last second
Lana explained the story while appearing on Talk Is Jericho
She had this to say:
“In my opinion, how I won Survivor Series, if I would have won that way with fans, I’m
convinced the place would have exploded vs the smart marks on the internet, and the Twitter
hate regardless, it’s a little bit more of a negative mentality.
They might not always get it, but I understood why Vince wanted me to win that way.
It hadn’t been done before.”
“We were supposed to do this table spot on the show, and then Roman, because he had
a table spot with Drew McIntyre, he did not (want the table spot in the women’s survivor
series match), so there was some major pushback.
You know, Nia and Roman, that whole thing.
“I’m like, I’m caught in the middle of this drama.
We had a huge spot where I was supposed to be laid out at the very beginning.
This is on the PPV.
I was supposed to get in the ring, and then Nia would snatch me.
The whole point was everyone on the team was heels, and I was the only babyface.
They were all going to be against me, and she was going to lay me out.
Then at the end, I had this whole sequence with Bianca.
Bayley was supposed to get involved and cheat.
So then I would prove myself.”
“We were all so excited that I was going to get to wrestle.
Then there’s the whole Samoan rivalry that happens.
The table spot got taken out.
Vince thought it would be hilarious if I didn’t get in the match at all.
That Nia would not let me get in at all, and then I win because everyone gets eliminated.
He thought that was the most hilarious thing.
Shane McMahon thought it was hilarious.”
“They said this has never been done before.
In many ways, I understand, because Undertaker was retiring that day, and I understand that
let’s give something different on the show.
I understand that business side of it.
It was really dramatic.
There was all this stuff happening.
I’m crying in the corner because I’m like, ‘I just want to wrestle.’
“I called Nattie and said, ‘Nattie, I’m hiding in this corner.
I’m crying.
I just want to wrestle.
I want to prove myself.’
Nattie said, ‘You’re still winning.
Who cares?’
I said, ‘I want to prove myself.’”
“Then TJ [Wilson] wanted me to get in and wrestle a little bit, and then Nia was going
to kick me out and say you have to stand there.
So he even had to fight for that with Vince, because he said, ‘I think it’s important
for her to show that she’s improving in the ring.
That’s the babyface side of it, that she does want to get in there and wrestle, and
they’re telling her to stand out there.’
That would have got a reaction.”
So a lot to take in there from that reveal.
Looks like another table incident was supposed to take place at Survivor Series between Nia
Jax and Lana but Roman Reigns put a stop to this table spot and other plans
It’s not anything personal, it’s just common sense to protect his own story and
the main event match
If WWE broke the table earlier in the night, Roman and Drew breaking the table again later
on in the night during the main event would have not had the same weight and impact to
it
So Roman reigns stepped in and had them get rid of the Lana and Nia Jax table spot for
survivor series
It’s not the first time Roman Reigns has put a stop to WWE’s plans
Roman’s story is reportedly handled by a very small selected crew and gets special
treatment compared to other storylines
Roman also has a lot of say in what does or doesn’t happen around his story
Such as Damien Priest’s Smackdown debut
Damien Priest was going to make his main roster debut by getting involved in the Roman vs
Kevin Owens Storyline by showing up as Kevin’s best friend and helping him out with Roman
and Jey
Those plans by WWE were shot down by Roman and Kevin Owens because it made it no sense
to randomly throw Damien Priest into the story as Kevin’s best friend
So Roman’s word on that also had plans changed and sent Damien Priest over to Raw
So he does have a big say and calls WWE out for some common sense booking issues such
as this one
Breaking the table in the women’s match would take away from the main event, so he
called that out and they ended up agreeing with him and changing that
Not only did they change that part, they also completely removed Lana’s time in the ring
to prove herself and wrestle for a bit
So that’s what Lana was truly devastated about, that’s what she wanted to do the
most and that didn’t get to happen
Lana was then set to win the tag team title with Aus-ka a handful of weeks later but was
replaced with Charlotte
So just a chain of unfortunate events and cancellations there for Lana in the back half
of last year
That wasn’t the only drama she discussed, she also addressed the big situation from
a few years ago where an engagement picture of her and miro completely wrecked a breakup
story that they had going on for them on-screen
Lana had this to say about that situation:
“For so long, I hit myself on the head like, ‘maybe we shouldn’t have gotten engaged!’
... I didn’t even put up [the] picture, I just sent it to my friends and I guess someone
leaked it...
TMZ got a hold of it, and basically TMZ said we were engaged, and so the story got cut
- and we got blamed for it, personally.
I got blamed.”
“I got in trouble, I wasn’t on television for three months.
And I was on television straight for two years.
And I was not on television for three months, I was made to feel that it was all my fault.
I had to take the blame.
And for years I thought maybe it was my fault.”
So that was the story for that entire engagement situation several years ago
The WWE characters of Lana and Rusev were split on screen but just got engaged in real
life, once TMZ put the picture out, it made the WWE storyline look extremely dumb, so
WWE had to cancel everything and implement that TMZ report into the storyline
It looks like Lana was punished and removed from TV as a result of that entire situation
as well
She also discussed how she feared of getting released for the longest time and how she’s
looking for a no cut clause in any future contracts
So just some insane reveals there from CJ Perry on some of the experiences that she
went through during her time with WWE
But what are your thoughts on some of the things that Lana had to say?
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